ottelulla

Ottelulla is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun ottelu, which means a match or game, particularly in sports or competitive contexts. The base word ottelu is commonly used in Finnish media and everyday language to refer to contests between teams or individual competitors. The suffix -lla marks the adessive case, which in Finnish typically conveys location, setting, or a relation to the noun. Therefore ottelulla translates roughly to “on the match,” “at the match,” or “in relation to the match,” depending on the surrounding context.

In practice, ottelulla is used to discuss aspects connected with a specific game rather than the game in general. It can indicate a contextual relation to the event, such as stakes, outcomes, or circumstances surrounding the contest. Like other adessive forms, it is one inflected form among many that Finnish uses to indicate how a noun relates to other words in a sentence.

Usage examples are straightforward: ottelulla on suuret panokset, meaning “the match has high stakes.” This illustrates how the form signals a linkage to a particular game without altering the core meaning of ottelu itself. Ottelulla is not a separate lexical entry; rather, it is the grammatical form of ottelu used when referring to a specific match within a sentence.

See also: ottelu, Finnish language morphology, adessive case.